About the Game
Football is full of hidden talent, and it’s your job to discover them.
Run your own independent football academy, scout and sign young prospects, and guide their development into valuable players. Train with a clear focus, sell at the right moment, and reinvest each transfer to grow your academy and prestige.
Key Features
Scout and discover young talents
Watch youth matches, uncover a player’s qualities through scouting, and sign the prospects that fit your academy.Develop players with focused training
Choose a training focus, shape their growth over time, and build specialists for different roles.
Follow the market and make deals
Track club demands, propose your players when they match a profile, and negotiate transfers that fund the next wave.Grow your academy
Upgrade facilities to improve development and raise your prestige.
Optional customization
Customize leagues, clubs, and player names to shape your football world.
Screenshots
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Version Information
Steam Patch Notes
Official update history
Player Requests
Fixed an issue where same team requested mostly a player to join their team.
Academy Player Renegotiation
Fixed an issue where renegotiation was sometimes not possible for academy players with expiring contracts.Staff Release Preview
Fixed a bug where the wage and prestige penalty were not shown when releasing staff.Staff Renegotiation
Improved staff renegotiation handling so contracts are no longer extended when an offer was not accepted.Youth Camp Sorting
Fixed incorrect position sorting in youth camps.Negotiation Window
Fixed an issue where facilities were shown as sufficient even they had not been built yet.Inbox Staff Contracts
Fixed an issue where staff contracts could not be extended when opening the staff window from an inbox message.Translations
Fixed several translation issues.
Club Name Character Support Fixed issues where some special characters caused problems in league and transfer club mods. Existing save progress is now adjusted, and these characters can now be typed correctly.
Workshop Upload Reliability Improved Workshop upload handling to prevent the Workshop ID from being lost in some cases.
Missing Validation Messages Added missing error messages for several validation checks.
Save sizes are now significantly smaller and saving should be much faster in long-running careers, with reductions of up to 80% depending on save state.
This prevents unrealistic late transfer fees for expiring contracts.
Fixed heavy new game startup lag by caching frequently repeated calculations in schedule and calendar generation.
New Features
Scout Report Aging Hint
A hint is now shown when a scout report is older than 3 months.Monthly Wages Overview
Added a monthly wages view to the Finance page.Interest Level Display
Player interest level is now shown on the Scouting page, including sorting by interest.
Improvements
Scout Report Selection
On the Scouting page, multiple scout reports are now considered, the report with the highest progress is displayed.Player Wage Visibility
Wages are now shown in the Player window for signed players.Matching Score Range
Matching score is now displayed as a range based on player estimation.Dynamic Release Penalty
Release penalties are now dynamically calculated based on prestige.Filter Persistence
Filters on the Scouting and Player Hub pages are now saved.Team Window Nationality
Player nationality is now shown in the Team window.
Fixes
Passive Scouting Progress
Fixed an issue where passive scouting progress gain was not working correctly.Negotiation Interest Visibility
Fixed an issue where the interest bar was shown in the negotiation window even when the interest was unknown.
Improvements
Market Demand Age Requirement
Market demands now use a maximum age requirement instead of an age range.
Dormitory Capacity Adjustment
Dormitory slots for the first facility level have been reduced to 10.
Fixes
Staff Negotiation Reputation Display
Fixed an issue where reputation values were shown with decimals in the staff negotiation window.Estimated Overall Display
Fixed an issue where the Player Hub development page, propose window, and other areas showed the real player overall instead of the estimated value.Staff Negotiation Translations
Fixed missing translations in the staff negotiation window.Player Interest Visibility
Fixed an issue where player interest appeared as unknown in the negotiation window even when the scout had full scouting progress.Scout Estimate Updates
Fixed an issue where player estimates were not updating correctly after a scout finished scouting a player.Coach Assignment on Facility Upgrade
Fixed an issue where coaches were unassigned after upgrading a facility.
The estimated wages could not be seen even scout watched that player, now on the negotiation window the report source can be chosen to see the data based on that report
When scout had no assignment but had players to watch, it is shown in the staff overview
When player was assigned to scout but had not watched him yet, all attributes of the player was revealed - fixed
Fixed Alt Tab creating multiple ghost tabs in the background
Current Release
Build 23919719
Uploaded Jul 01, 2026
System Requirements
How to Install
fam.exe to play
Troubleshooting tips
• Run Redist/_CommonRedist installers if game won't start
• Add folder to Windows Defender exclusions
• Run as administrator
Download
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498 MB
23919719
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